Grand Prix of the Sukhum film festival was distributed between films of directors from Kosovo and France

The II Sukhum International Film Festival SIFF 2019 ended in the capital.

Sukhum. April 9. Apsnypress. Two films by the Kosovo director More Rak "AJO"  and "Monsieur Endersen" by French director Tom Scoy became the Grand Prix Winners of the II Sukhumi International Film Festival. 

 “The jury of the film festival could not determine the best film among the films“ AJO ”by More Rak and Monsieur Endersen by Tom Scoy. Therefore, it was decided to divide the grand prix in the amount of 300 thousand rubles for two candidates. We received warm feedback from the film festival participants. The guests left with a wonderful impression of Abkhazia and a desire to return here again as directors and as tourists”. 
 
 Winners and prize-winners of the II Sukhum International Film Festival:
 - Grand Prix (cash prize 150,000 rubles): "AJO" directed by More Rak (Kosovo);
 - Grand Prix (cash prize 150,000 rubles): “Monsieur Henderson”, directed by Tom Scoy (France);
 - III Prize (cash prize 50,000 rubles): “White on Black”, directed by Anton Mamykin (Russia);
 - Best Direction - Journey to Paris, directed by Maria Polyakova (Russia);
 - Best cinematography - The Vine, directed by Igor Marovich and Ivan Djurovich (Serbia);  - The best script - “Extreme”, screenwriter Andrey Kashtanov, director Andrey Berchenko (Russia);
 - The best female role - Lucia Diez, in the film “Rag Girl”, directed by Roberto Montaldo (Spain);
 - Best Actor - Fabio Rizzuto in the film Windmills, directed by Simon Spmpinato (Italy);
 - Audience Award - Frank, directed by Mitriy Semenov-Aleinikov (Belarus).
 
 The festival was held in Abkhazia from 4 to 8 April. The program consisted of short feature films lasting from 10 to 30 minutes. 30 short films from Abkhazia, Russia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa were presented in the competition program of the festival.